A. Monchamp

Autobiographical Memory in an Aboriginal Australian Community (eBook, PDF)

Culture, Place and Narrative

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book shares and analyses the stories of Opal, a senior Alyawarra woman. Through her stories the reader glimpses the harsh colonial realities which many Aboriginal Australians have faced, highlighting the cultural embeddedness of autobiographical memory from a philosophical, psychological and anthropological perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137325273
• Artikelnr.: 41498980

Autorenporträt

Anne Marie Monchamp is an independent researcher currently living in Sydney, Australia. As a former Peace Corps volunteer, she has a keen interest in culture and has done fieldwork in the Australian central desert community of Alpurrurulam. She has an MA in anthropology and a PhD in philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Remembering Alpurrurulam 1. Opal's Stories 2. 'Auto' is not Automatic 3. 'Auto' is not Alone 4. Translating Memory 5. Journey of a Lifetime 6. Country, Memory, Culture 7. Memory and Dreaming Discussion Notes References Index